Non-refillable bottle.



J. MELIU. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLIoATIoN FILED FEB. 15, 1911.

1,034,721. PatentedAug. 6,1912.

NITED STATES JAMES MELIO, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Munro, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form ofcombined Valve casing and valve adapted to be sup-V ported in the neckof a bottle to render the bottle non-rellable; to provide an improvedarrangement of the liquid passages in such devices; to provide improvedmeans for keeping the valve closed until after the bottle is tippedbeyond the horizontal to a pouring position; and to provide an improvedconstruction of the bottle neck for supporting and retaining said valvecasing therein. p

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which r- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation ofthe neck of a bottle in which is A.supported a valve casing and valveconstructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view,showing the bottle tipped to a substantially horizontal position,illustrating the action of the valve and weight. Fig. 8

is also a similar view, showing the position to which the bottle must betipped to unseat the valve for pouring the liquid therefrom. Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional detail taken on the line A-A of Fig. 1. Fig.

5 is a section t-aken on the line B-B of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a fragmentarydetail of the upper end of the valve casing, showing the arrangement ofthe spiral passages therein.

In the construction shown in the drawings, the valve casing comprises apair of telescoping parts 1 and 2, which are adapted to be supported inthe neck of a bott-le in the manner shown. The part 2 is provided with avalve seat 3 near its upper end, which coacts with a spherical valve 4for controlling the passage of liquid through the casing. The top of thevalve may be cut away to reduce its weight but the spherical sidesshould be of suflicient eX- tent to insure tight seating of the valve inany inclined position that it is capable of assuming. The valve 4 isnormally held on its seat by a weight 5 depending therefromSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 15, 1911.

Patented Aug. e, 1912.

Serial No. 608,841.

on an integral stem 6. The shoulder 7 of the weight is conical, and isadapted to coact with the annular shoulder 8 for retaining the valve 4on its seat until the bottle is tipped to such a posit-ion that theconical shoulder 7 will slide on the shoulder of t-he bottle so as tounseat the valve. This does not occur until the bottle is tipped beyondthe horizontal to a substantially in- Verted position.

The valve casing is provided with annular shoulders 9 and 10 formed atthe opposite ends, by means of which it is supported in the neck of thebottle. The shoulder 9 is tapered, and has a wedging fit with aconisubstantially equal in diameter to the in terior of the neck andlits snugly therein. Apertures 12 are formed in the part 1 between thevalve seat 3 and the partition 18, which partition forms a closure forthe upper end of the valve casing. These apertures lead int-o the spacebetween the bottle neck and the casing, from which a plurality of spiralperipheral passages 14, formed in the shoulder 10, lead to the exteriorof the valve casing.

The cork 11 is confined in the neck of the bottle between shoulders 15and 16. The shoulders 16 are arranged in a series around the neck ofthebottle, as'shown in Fig. 5, and are formed by indenting the exterior ofthe neck at 17, as shown in Fig. 4, while the shoulder 15 is formed bythe annular indenting of the neck at 1S. The neck of t-he bottle isenlarged at 19 between the shoulders 16 and its upper end, so as toprovide a suitable space adjacent to the aperliquid.

All of the parts except the cork 11 may be made of glass, and the casingsections 1 and 2 may be cemented together so as to prevent the innersection 2 from being caused to fall into the bottle.

The use and operation ofthe device is as follows After the bottle hasbeen filled with a liquid, the cork 11 is inserted into the neck of thebottle, and by means of a suitable implement is forced into positionbetween the shoulders 15 and 16. The valve sections 1 and 2, after beingassembled and cemented together with the valve 4 in place, are thenforced into the neck of the bottle until the tapered shoulder 9 issecurely wedged into the cork 11 below the tures 12 for facilitating thepouring of the.

cal hollow cork 11 and the shoulder 10 is shoulders 16. The shoulder 10tting snugly Within the neck and t-he passages 14 being spiral, it ispractically impossible for a grip to be obtained with any implement foraccomplishing the withdrawal of the casing after it has once been forcedinto place. lVhen the bott-le is in its upright position, the weight 5normally tends to hold the valve 4 on its seat 3, but when the bottle istipped, the weight 5 will swing to one side and the conical part 7 willengage with the shoulder 8 and tend to hold the valve 4 on its seat 3until the bottle has reached a substantially inverted position. Thepartition then supports the valve in its unseated position, and theliquid flows out through the apertures 12 into the space between thecasing and the neck of the bottle, and finally runs out through thespiral passages 14. As soon as the bottle is tilted back, the conicalpart 7 acting against the shoulders 8, will tend to draw the valve 4finto engagement with the seat 3 and prevent refilling of the bottle bypouring liquid into it when it is inclined. y

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shownand described, it will be understood that some of the details of theconstruction shown may be altered or omitted Without departing from thespirit of this invention, as defined by the following claims.

I claim l. A bottle of the class described com-2` prising, a tubularneck having a shoulder at i its lower end, a valve casing fittedwithini` said neck at its upper and lower ends and44 being spaced awayfrom said neck at its middle portion to provide an annular space aroundit and being constructed of upper and lower parts telescoping eachother, a valve seat in said lower part, a spherical valve (zo-actingwith said seat and yhaving a depending stem with a conical weight at itsend, said conical weight being adapted to engage said shoulder to causethe seating of said valve when the bottle is tipped, the lower endportions of said valve casing having their outer peripheriessubstantially Hush and in alinement with each other, and a resilientpacking ring surrounding said lower end portions of said casing partsand having frictional engagement with both, the material of said bottleneck being indented from the exterior thereof so as to form an annularseries of inwardly extending `shoulries of shoulders overlapping saidpacking ruary 1911.

JAMES MELIO.

Witnesses:

EUGENE A. RUMMLER, EDWIN PHELPS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

